Applications Engineer Contracts

Applications Engineer
UK

The median Applications Engineer daily rate in the UK is £501 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 436 446 613
Rank change year-on-year +10 +167 -31
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 149 273 234
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.46% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.49% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 225 159
10th Percentile £336 £360 £295
25th Percentile £385 £463 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +33.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £700 £578
90th Percentile £738 £823 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £470 £425
% change year-on-year +17.02% +10.59% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile - - £22.58
25th Percentile - £48.40 £41.01
Median hourly rate £35.65 £54.56 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.66% -3.00% -
75th Percentile - £73.75 £61.25
90th Percentile - £75.10 £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.65 £48.40 £52.50
% change year-on-year -26.34% -7.81% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,269 56,187 84,691
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,215 39,262 59,481
10th Percentile £276 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,567 2,094
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Applications Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -6 114 £500 -16.67% 160
UK excluding London +44 72 £550 +17.02% 143
London -9 56 £500 -20.00% 30
Work from Home +55 50 £500 -23.04% 86
South East +20 26 £580 +19.59% 33
Scotland +44 16 £725 +79.01% 14
East of England +20 13 £500 +42.86% 20
Midlands +28 7 £650 +30.00% 28
West Midlands +23 7 £650 +42.86% 19
South West +17 6 £400 -20.00% 20
North of England +23 4 £550 +33.33% 30
North West +11 2 - - 12
Yorkshire +18 1 - - 13
North East - 1 £550 - 5

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Applications Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 51 (34.23%) Windows
2 45 (30.20%) SQL
3 42 (28.19%) Linux
4 39 (26.17%) Migration
5 37 (24.83%) Azure
6 31 (20.81%) Data Centre
7 30 (20.13%) Security Cleared
8 27 (18.12%) JIRA
9 25 (16.78%) Python
9 25 (16.78%) Active Directory
10 22 (14.77%) PowerShell
10 22 (14.77%) Atlassian
10 22 (14.77%) AWS
11 21 (14.09%) SC Cleared
11 21 (14.09%) Service Management
11 21 (14.09%) Windows Server
12 20 (13.42%) Social Skills
12 20 (13.42%) Application Security
12 20 (13.42%) Workflow
12 20 (13.42%) Confluence
13 19 (12.75%) Finance
13 19 (12.75%) Microsoft
14 16 (10.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 16 (10.74%) Analytics
14 16 (10.74%) Data Migration
14 16 (10.74%) Application Packaging
15 15 (10.07%) Firewall
15 15 (10.07%) Kalman Filter
15 15 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
16 14 (9.40%) Entra ID

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (13.42%) Confluence
2 7 (4.70%) IIS
3 4 (2.68%) Tomcat
4 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.34%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.67%) Apache
6 1 (0.67%) JBoss
6 1 (0.67%) nginx
6 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.67%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (8.05%) Elite 3E
2 2 (1.34%) Global One
2 2 (1.34%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.67%) Eikon
3 1 (0.67%) Endur
3 1 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.67%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.67%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 37 (24.83%) Azure
2 22 (14.77%) AWS
3 14 (9.40%) Entra ID
4 10 (6.71%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.37%) AWS CloudFormation
5 8 (5.37%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.36%) CloudFront
6 5 (3.36%) GitHub
6 5 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.68%) PowerApps
7 4 (2.68%) Slack
7 4 (2.68%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.67%) Akamai
9 1 (0.67%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.67%) GCP
9 1 (0.67%) IaaS
9 1 (0.67%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.07%) Firewall
2 6 (4.03%) DNS
3 5 (3.36%) Network Security
3 5 (3.36%) VPN
4 2 (1.34%) HTTP
4 2 (1.34%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.67%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.67%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.67%) SSL
5 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.40%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.37%) Metadata
2 8 (5.37%) Power BI
3 6 (4.03%) MySQL
3 6 (4.03%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.68%) Oracle Database
5 3 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.01%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.34%) Sybase ASE
7 1 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.67%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 27 (18.12%) JIRA
2 4 (2.68%) Browser DevTools
2 4 (2.68%) Burp Suite
2 4 (2.68%) Git
2 4 (2.68%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.68%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.67%) GitLab
3 1 (0.67%) Gradle
3 1 (0.67%) Liquibase
3 1 (0.67%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.67%) Selenium
3 1 (0.67%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.67%) TeamCity
General
1 20 (13.42%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.75%) Finance
3 15 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.36%) Retail
6 4 (2.68%) Automotive
6 4 (2.68%) Billing
7 3 (2.01%) Legal
7 3 (2.01%) Military
7 3 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.34%) Local Government
8 2 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Back Office
9 1 (0.67%) Games
9 1 (0.67%) Law
9 1 (0.67%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.40%) Web Services
2 13 (8.72%) .NET
3 11 (7.38%) REST
4 8 (5.37%) ADO
5 5 (3.36%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (3.36%) Node.js
5 5 (3.36%) OAuth
5 5 (3.36%) OAuth2
5 5 (3.36%) SAML
6 4 (2.68%) CSS
6 4 (2.68%) HTML
6 4 (2.68%) HTML5
6 4 (2.68%) React
6 4 (2.68%) React Native
7 3 (2.01%) RESTful
8 2 (1.34%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.34%) ActiveX
8 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.34%) JSON
8 2 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (20.81%) Data Centre
2 12 (8.05%) Replication
3 11 (7.38%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (3.36%) Client/Server
4 5 (3.36%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.68%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.01%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (2.01%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.34%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.34%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.34%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.34%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.67%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.67%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.67%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.67%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.67%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 51 (34.23%) Windows
2 42 (28.19%) Linux
3 21 (14.09%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.04%) Ubuntu
4 9 (6.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (4.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (3.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.68%) CentOS
8 3 (2.01%) Unix
8 3 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.34%) Android
9 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.34%) VMS
9 2 (1.34%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.67%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.67%) Solaris
10 1 (0.67%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.17%) Migration
2 21 (14.09%) Service Management
3 20 (13.42%) Application Security
3 20 (13.42%) Workflow
4 16 (10.74%) Analytics
4 16 (10.74%) Application Packaging
4 16 (10.74%) Data Migration
4 16 (10.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (10.07%) Kalman Filter
6 14 (9.40%) CI/CD
6 14 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (8.05%) DevOps
7 12 (8.05%) ETL
7 12 (8.05%) High Availability
8 11 (7.38%) Performance Metrics
8 11 (7.38%) Release Management
9 10 (6.71%) Project Management
10 9 (6.04%) Identity Access Management
10 9 (6.04%) Infrastructure as Code
10 9 (6.04%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 45 (30.20%) SQL
2 25 (16.78%) Python
3 22 (14.77%) PowerShell
4 8 (5.37%) C#
4 8 (5.37%) JavaScript
4 8 (5.37%) Shell Script
5 6 (4.03%) Bash
6 5 (3.36%) Go
6 5 (3.36%) Java
6 5 (3.36%) Perl
6 5 (3.36%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.68%) PHP
7 4 (2.68%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.68%) VBScript
8 3 (2.01%) C++
9 2 (1.34%) F#
9 2 (1.34%) Korn
9 2 (1.34%) VB
9 2 (1.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (20.13%) Security Cleared
2 21 (14.09%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.72%) Degree
4 11 (7.38%) DV Cleared
5 7 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.36%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.67%) CCNP
8 1 (0.67%) CEH
8 1 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.67%) CISSP
8 1 (0.67%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.67%) GCIA
8 1 (0.67%) GCIH
8 1 (0.67%) GIAC
8 1 (0.67%) GSEC
8 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.36%) QA
2 2 (1.34%) SLA
3 1 (0.67%) GDPR
3 1 (0.67%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.67%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.67%) NCSC
3 1 (0.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (16.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.70%) Docker
3 5 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (5.37%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (3.36%) Grafana
2 5 (3.36%) SCCM
2 5 (3.36%) SCOM
3 4 (2.68%) Ansible
3 4 (2.68%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (1.34%) Control-M
4 2 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.34%) Puppet
4 2 (1.34%) Terraform
5 1 (0.67%) Anchore
5 1 (0.67%) Consul
5 1 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.67%) Kibana
5 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.67%) Packer
5 1 (0.67%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (14.77%) Atlassian
2 19 (12.75%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.04%) Red Hat
4 8 (5.37%) Bloomberg
4 8 (5.37%) CA
5 7 (4.70%) Oracle
6 6 (4.03%) Refinitiv
7 5 (3.36%) Dynatrace
7 5 (3.36%) IBM
7 5 (3.36%) Intapp
7 5 (3.36%) VMware
8 4 (2.68%) Splunk
8 4 (2.68%) Sybase
9 2 (1.34%) Apple
9 2 (1.34%) Checkmarx
9 2 (1.34%) Lotus
9 2 (1.34%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.34%) Reuters
9 2 (1.34%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.34%) Veracode